girls:
392 births since 1974
#5324 (7th percentile)
boys:
11 births since 1981
#4575 (0th percentile)
overall:
403 births since 1974
#7336 (5th percentile)
The name Ai is the #7,336 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 403 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 5.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,324 (6.8% percentile) for all time with 392 births since 1974. For boys, it ranks #4,575 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 1981.
Ai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for girls and 1981 for boys). Birth data for Ai is available in 41 out of the 48 years between 1974 and 2021 (41 years for girls and 2 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ai has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Ai reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #836) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
For boys, Ai reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #681) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1987.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ai".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ai. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 67.5% confident that Ai is pronounced as ai, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-ee, at 17.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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